Goshen Campus:

11000 U.S. Highway 42
Goshen, KY 40026

Preschool Campus:

P.O. Box 250
6710 Wolf Pen Branch Rd.
Harrods Creek, KY 40027

The 64 acre site in Goshen, Kentucky, is 22 miles northeast of downtown Louisville. Unique architecture includes small amphitheaters in each wing of the school and several raised classrooms called "pods."

6th Grade Pine Mountain Trip
7th Grade Chicago Trip
8th Grade Big South Fork Camping Trip

Lower and Middle School Admissions:

- TOUR OF THE SCHOOL

- APPLICATION includes a non-refundable application fee of $50.00

- STUDENT VISIT, student shadows a current student

- ASSESSMENT

RECOMMENDATIONS
Applicants for Junior Kindergarten, Kindergarten and first grade - one recommendation. Applicants for grades two through eight - two recommendations, one of which must be from the applicant's current teacher

TRANSCRIPT FROM PREVIOUS SCHOOL must be provided

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
The Admissions Committee will review each applicant's file when it is complete and notify parents by February 15 of its decision. Applicants whose files are not complete by February 15 will be notified when their files are complete and places become open

ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship, athletic and other school-administered programs

TUITION
Lower and Middle School Tuition 2006-07

K $10,150.00
1-4 $12,100.00
5-8 $13,750.00

$1000 deposit due with contract. 60/40, 10 month and 12 month payment plans available

FINANCIAL AID

The deadline for Financial Aid applications for the 2006-07 school year is April 1, 2006. After this date, applications are considered as scholarship funds permit. Financial aid is granted on the basis of need, which is determined by the FACTS Tuition Aid Service.

St. Francis School has a merit scholarship for the children of university faculty. The scholarship provides a 50% tuition reduction, and is awarded to 20 qualified students whose parents are full-time teaching faculty at Kentuckiana Metroversity institutions or the University of Kentucky.

The deadline for applications is February 15, 2006. Forms for the scholarship can be downloaded from the St. Francis web site. Students must be entering kindergarten through eighth grade in the 2006-2007 academic year. Recipients will be announced by March 1.

The teaching faculty at the Goshen Campus consists of 35 women and 10 men, holding 33 advanced degrees. Instructional ratios are 8:1 for Lower School (JK-4) and 13:1 for Middle School.
One third of St. Francis teachers have served on the faculty for 15 or more years.
Teachers coach in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields.
Teachers engage in an on-going process of professional development.

St. Francis School is fully accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, and is a member of the following organizations:

National Association of Independent Schools
Kentucky Association of Independent Schools
National Association of Episcopal Schools
Educational Records Bureau
Elementary Schools Heads Association
National Middle School Association
National Association for Gifted Children